Up early today for our first excursion, snorkelling at Saona island. Bus left at 8:15 for the 90 minute drive to our boat. After 45 minutes we stopped for a bathroom break but mostly it was a tourist trap to sell you stuff. For the next 45 minutes we drove thru miles of sugar cane […]
Read More →Slept in, had a nice breakfast before heading down to the beach to hang out before the ceremony. It was a very nice ceremony with a little audience participation from total strangers. Started raining just after the ceremony ended so we walked down to the lobby to wait it out before dinner just after we […]
Read More →Very easy day, got up late had a nice breakfast before heading down to the beach. Hung out at the beach jumping the waves, then went for a nice stroll before heading back to our room to change for dinner. Ate at a fancy french restaurant, tasted great but the portions were a little small. […]
Read More →Got to the airport on time but there is no body to accept our luggage. Why do I have to show up 3 hours early? Off to a slow start, our flight has been delayed by 40 minutes and I’m starving. Made it to Vancouver, had a lovely meal and now our next flight is […]
Read More →After 2 1/2 years of hunkering down at home, it’s finally time to hit the road. Next Saturday we will be getting on a plane and heading to sunny Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic to attend my brother’s wedding. Should be fun!!!
Read More →Sept 22 – the first day of sunshine! We enjoy a sunny day in Grand Teton National Park. The mountain peaks are magnificent and snow covered. Beautiful viewpoints at Oxbow Bend. We also visit the old barns of Mormon Row. Deer, pronghorn antelope, and a moose seen with. Lovely overnight stay at Fontenelle Reservoir. Sept […]
Read More →Sept 23-25 Sept 23 – We have enjoyed a couple of days in Fredericton. It is our favorite city in New Brunswick. There is lots of history and good walking trails to enjoy. The Historic Garrison District is a national historic site from 1784 that held British soldiers for almost 100 years. In the summer […]
Read More →Heading back to Saint Simeon this morning to catch the ferry across the St. Lawrence to Riviere du Loop. On arrival we find out the ferry is running late and, 4 hours later (it’s a 65-minute passage), we finally board the ferry. We spend the entire trip across out on the deck scanning the horizon and […]
Read More →We have moved from Killarney to Huntsville. We overnighted at a beach, but the mosquitoes were terrible – buzzing around our heads all night long. The next day we headed to Algonquin Provincial Park. This is a huge park of spruce, ash, fir, and pine forest and many, many lakes both large and small. There […]
Read More →In the morning we went to visit the famous Sudbury giant nickel – Sudbury is a mining town and even though some effort has been made to beautify the mining site, a lot of the surrounding area is covered in piles of leftover rock produced by the mining operations. Later in the afternoon, we head […]
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